Family recipes offer more than mere sustenance.They give us a dash of history, a pinch of nostalgia, and a sprinkling of posterity.

The Hand-Me-Down Family Recipes are from my personal collection, and I have kept the original wording, ingredients, and instructions as they were handed down to me. I have an alphabetical list on my website that I will update with each recipe I pin on my recipe board – Short link to the page: http://wp.me/PBsIA-6Z

I will also add a note to the pin if I’ve included the particular food in one of my stories.